Broken Valve Leaves some 9,200 San Fernando Valley Residents without Water
PORTER RANCH AND GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 10 – The outage was caused by a 1967 valve failure during pump station repairs affecting 9,200 homes, with water quality testing ongoing before lifting the boil water notice.
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Since 2:27 a.m. this Monday, the water supply was restored in Porter Ranch and Granada Hills; it is requested to boil the water that will be used to drink
DWP restores water service for thousands of L.A. residents, but boil water notice remains
The Los Angeles Department of Public Works has restored water service to more than 9,000 San Fernando Valley residents after a valve failure caused taps to run dry or slow to a trickle last week. According to the DWP, water flow to residents in the Granada Hills and Porter Ranch areas was restored as of 2:37 a.m. Monday. Residents however were told that a boil water notice would remain in effect for several more days. The boil water notice instr…
Broken valve leaves some 9,200 San Fernando Valley residents without water
After days without clean water, thousands of Granada Hills and Porter Ranch residents are a step closer to restored service as crews with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have complete repairs to a damaged underground water pipe. The issue began on Aug. 5 when a valve at a pump station that controls the flow of water to a 10-million-gallon water tank broke during repairs. Installed in 1967, officials said the valve got stuck in …
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